Lemon Squares with European Style Butter

After a fairly disastrous attempt to make wheat free, dairy free, egg free, banana muffins, I decided to make something less frustrating — Lemon Squares with European Style Butter. They were so good that I may never make lemon squares without fancy butter!

The topping was a little stiff due to the flour (I guess), but still tasty and pretty lemony. Plus, the stiffness of the filling makes the bars fairly portable…not that I’m taking them anywhere, but you may want to. The recipe doesn’t have any baking powder or baking soda so if you are allergic to chemical leavening agents you are in luck. Is there such thing as a baking powder allergy?

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The lemon bars finally got made! And they are sooo good. Thank you, Anna, you’ve done it again! Your recipe is perfection! The only thing I did differently was to omit the zest because the lemon juice I used was juiced through a Juiceman juicer so there was lots of fresh lemon oil from the peels. The lemons were a combination of Meyer and Eureka, heavy on the Meyer. The coworkers are going to love these tomorrow. 🙂

Hi there. Not sure if you’ve seen or tried these cookies ever. The story and recipe were on the Today show yesterday, and I tried them today. I used 1 egg and 2 tablespoons of bottled lemon juice. They came out pretty great, but I found the dough was really frustrating to work with even after refrigerating (though I was pretty impatient in letting it chill). Thought I would pass it along for you to try if you haven’t and maybe work with it to post on your site. 🙂

I’m thinking my co-workers would really appreciated me if I brought these in to make their Monday a better place. I’ll have to decide now if they really deserve them 🙂 I haven’t ever baked with European butter but now I really want to try these so I can have that experience.

With a gallon of freshly squeezed lemon juice in my freezer, this looks like a “must-make-now” treat! 🙂 As soon as the dishes are done, this is my next project. Yes, I know…clean the kitchen to mess it up again. LOL 🙂 My coworkers are going to love these lemon bars.